The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-13
CRUMBS FOR THE IRISH.
THE LAND BILLS FATE TO BE
DECIDED TOMORROW.

A Claim That the Government Has a
Majority, But the Dissatisfaction
With the Measure Apparently In
creasing With Great Rapidity-The
Bankruptcy Clause Exceedingly
Unpopular.
LONDON, July 12-The division on the
second reading of the land bill will take
place in the House of Commons on Thurs
day next. The government has secured a
majority. The bankruptcy clause will be
abandoned in committee and an amend
ment will be introduced giving county court
judges power to revise judicial rents. 1t is
claimed that these alterations will modify
the opposition of the Paruellte members to
| the measure.
MR.. DILLoNs SPEECH.
Mr.. Dillon resumed the debate on the land
bill in the House of Commons tonight He
said he rejected the measure with contempt
as utterly inadequate to meet the demands
of the Irish tenantry. He rebutted Mr..
Chamberlain's assertion that the past efforts
of English statesmen to aneliorate the con-
dition of the people had invariably mot
| with contumely by the Parnellites,
| and declared that whatever advantages
English statesmen had ever Of
fered had been eagerly seized. Yester-
| day evenings debate, he said, disclosed the
| fact that many of the governments support
ers were desirous of securing important
amendments to the bill Would the Cham
| berlain set, he asked, compel the govern
ment to introduce the amendments sug-
| gested.
FAIR DEALING DEMANDED.
Attacking the clauses of the bill seria tim
| Mr.. Dillon declared that fair dealing with
the case of the lease holders, was the only
| one that promised TO be beneficial i'll its ope-
ration The other clauses would make evic-
| tions easy, destroy the confidence OF the ten
| antry in the Land Court, and place in the
| landlords hands new and terribly ire
| sistible engine of eviction.
T. w. Russell, Liberal member for Ty-
| rome said it was the desire of the tenant
| farmers Of Ulster to see fair and determ-
| ined effort made to settle the questions
raised by the bill. This measure would
not satisfy them. He objected to a tenant
| being compelled to go into court against his
| will The bill was a delusion as regards
| evictions, closing one door upon the power
| of the landlord to evict only to open another.
NO CONCESSIONS OFFERED.
| Shaw Lefevre Home Rule LiberaD said
| that Notwithstanding the damaging criti-
| cisn, even Of their Liberal supporters, the
! government offered no concessions, with the
| exception of the clause admitting lease
/ holders to the benefits of the act of 1881, and
| one or two more minor proposals He was
| convinced that the bill would do more harm
| than good. The bankruptcy clause, he
said, ought to be dropped, for they would
| benefit nobody but rapacious landlords.
| The bill offered no real remedy for the main
| grievance of the Irish tenants. The gov
| ernment had increased the difficulty by not
consulting with the Irish members of the
| House. and the bill would only aggravate
| the very evils it was intended to cure. Upon
motion of Lord Randolph Churchill the de-
| bate was adjourned.
TORY Discomfort.
The Tory discomfort over the bankruptcy
clauses of the land bill is growing. Lord
Randolph Churchill opposes the clauses
The Liberals viii give a banquet to Mr..
| Parnell and his principal colleagues on
| July 90
A movement is on foot to give a white
bait dinner to Mr.. Gladstone and the Par
nellite Commoners at Greenwich at the end
of the session.
A REGATTA BoYCoTTED.
DUBLIN, July 12-The Carrigaholt re-
| gatta has been abandoned owing to "boy-
cott," because Dlr. Burton, the magistrate
| whose tenants are involved in 'the plan of
campaign" TO resist eviction, had presented
a cup for prize.
! Further evictions were effected at Arklow
| to-day. Stout resistance was made by the
| tenants Messrs. Redmond & Crolly, Nation
| alist members of Parliament and a number
of Canadian gentlemen were present. Mr..
| Dillon promises to visit Arklow tomorrow.